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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Montenegro to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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